Club News:

The next Cricket Section event is on Friday February 8th 2019 and to book a table of ten or individual places to witness a Neil Diamond tribute act contact the organiser Dave Worrall. On Friday March 8th the traditional Cricket Section Annual Dinner takes place in the function room at Moorend also.

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Things are on the move but as yet there’s nothing to report please keep tabs news can be forthcoming at the drop of a hat!

Rest assured despite no on-the-field cricket action until April there is lot’s going on behind the scenes.

Keith Johnstone is busy beavering away on the ground alongside John Hawkesworth and Skipper Mally Nicholson is awaiting the outcome of player talks and of course preparations are on-the-go for future sponsorship and fund-raising.

What pre-season has brought to date

Craig Fletcher has joined the First Team squad from Kirkburton CC as a talented all-rounder

The Seconds’ side is bolstered by the return of Joe Wood who will open both the bowling and batting and he’s joined by James Ives from Liveresdge where he was a First Team regular and an adept spinner.

Talks are on-going for a new batsman and a spinner for the First Team.

Stanley Cars have ended their five-year association as the Cricket Section’s Main Sponsor but a replacement is guaranteed with additional sponsorship in the pipeline.

Mr Scratchings have renewed their match day programme sponsorship.

Chris Dobson has revealed that he’s got at least another two years left in him regarding his playing days despite handing the Seconds’ Captaincy to Elliott Hallas with all of the stories highlighted in-depth in the archive column

Fund-raising events are in the offing with a Neil Diamond tribute act at the Club on Friday February 8th and on Friday March 8th it is the Cricket Section’s traditional Annual Dinner with Curtis Woodhouse the guest speaker full details under the Events Calendar

With fund raising events coming up in the New Year we ask everyone to support the Club